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Definition of manuscript noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

manuscript

noun
 
 
/ˈmænjuskrɪpt/
 
/ˈmænjuskrɪpt/
(abbreviation MS)
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  1.  
    a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed
    • an unpublished/original manuscript
    • in manuscript I read her poems in manuscript.
    Extra Examples
    • He submitted the manuscript to an editor at Longman.
    • She was delighted when the manuscript was accepted for publication.
    • I only have one copy of the manuscript.
    • The text ran to dozens of pages in manuscript form.
    • the original autograph manuscript of the poem
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • autograph
    • handwritten
    • …
    … of manuscript
    • copy
    verb + manuscript
    • write
    • prepare
    • type
    • …
    manuscript + noun
    • page
    • form
    • submission
    • …
    preposition
    • in manuscript
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  2.  
    a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented
    • medieval illuminated manuscripts
    Extra Examples
    • the surviving manuscript of ‘Beowulf’
    • One contemporary manuscript shows Henry II crowned by the hand of Christ.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ancient
    • early
    • medieval
    • …
    manuscript + verb
    • survive
    manuscript + noun
    • illumination
    • collection
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    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin manuscriptus, from manu ‘by hand’ + scriptus ‘written’ (past participle of scribere).
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